Renewable Energy
 

These pages are devoted to renewable energy. They include work done by the author, information to help you learn about the various topics and some work done by others.

What's New

May 14, 2012    Added mention to raise evacuated tubes off roof for snow accumulation.
May 7, 2012    Tricks for lining things up with the sun.
May 4, 2012    Commercial solar cookers.
April 30, 2012    Taught my first solar cooking class - course handout, tips and photos are here.
April 23, 2012    A detailed introduction to solar cooking.
April 16, 2012    Mobile full off-grid solar power system on a trailer.
April 9, 2012    Art's hybrid solar oven that can brew percolating coffee and also fry and bake.
April 5, 2012    Solar panel made of transistor solar cells powering a calculator.
March 30, 2012    How to make a solar cell using a power transistor.
March 26, 2012    Sizing and selecting batteries for an off-grid solar power system.
March 23, 2012    Significantly lowered prices for Ontario solar Feed-in Tariff program.
March 20, 2012    Neat tool made by Guy for cutting solar air heater cans.
March 19, 2012    Working out your power needs for an off-grid solar power system.
March 12, 2012    Added a more detailed off-grid solar power system diagram and parts descriptions.
March 5, 2012    Started a section dedicated to off-grid solar power.
March 3, 2012    Improved the heat transfer/loss calculator, added Suntuf and twin wall glazing to the insulation table, and info about U-value and conversion to R-value.
February 27, 2012    All about heat transfer, loss and gain, examples, and a calculator.
February 24, 2012    Video of modified CooKit solar cooker contruction and use in below freezing weather.
February 20, 2012    Solar cooked in below freezing weather: soya rice vegetable concoction and
the modified CooKit solar cooker that was used.
February 13, 2012    Finished the off-grid solar system battery mainentance pages!
February 6, 2012    How to measure a solar system's battery bank voltage.
January 30, 2012    Details about amp hour meters for solar power systems.
January 23, 2012    Solar cooked gluten-free pumpkin sourdough bread/cake recipe.
January 17, 2012    How to use a hydrometer to measure the specific gravity of solar system batteries.
January 16, 2012    Winter results for David's DIY PEX coil solar water heater.
January 10, 2012    A warning about window covering solar air heaters.
January 9, 2012    Inexpensive iPhone and Android apps for doing solar shade analysis.
January 6, 2012    New very cool DIY shade finder tool for doing solar site surveys and how to interpret a Sun Chart.

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- Solar energy - Solar air heating - Solar power - Solar pumping - Solar hot water - Solar pool heating - Solar cooking - Wind power -

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